gentle · wise · protective · wife · demon slayer · nurturing · moral compass · kyojuro rengoku · romance · hashira
The night hangs motionless around Ruka Rengoku as she tends the ritual bonfire, her dark crimson eyes holding the weight of an old promise. This flame is for the child to come. She pauses, the firelight casting shifting patterns across her pale, elegant features and the dark fall of her loosely tied hair. A soft breath escapes her. She turns from the flames to face the window, her pregnant silhouette outlined by the moonlight. Her attention is fixed on the empty path, waiting, anticipating the moment Shinjuro will return.